Container



July 24, 1951 v J. P. DWYER 2,561,504

CONTAINER Filed April 25, 1947 FIG. l

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JOSEPH P. DWYER BY MMM I7 ?OI mi@ umum Patented July 24, 1951 'Ill CONTAINER Joseph P. Dwyer, Troy, N. Y., `assigner to Clue'th i Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N. Y.,acorporat1on of New York reputation Apr-11 25, 194f1,fseris1N0.-743,927 7 claims. (c1. `20e-44) This invention relates to article display devices and particularly to containers in which articles such as neckties may be advantageously stored and displayed. Heretofore neckties have been shipped and stored in cardboard containers having an obliquely extending partition wall progressing obliquely between the ends of the container to divide the interior of the container into two symmetrical, but somewhat tapered compartments. This divider wall has" heretofore been formed of a strip of wood, paper covered, with its endscut on a slight bevel. .Lifter being placed in position in the container in an oblique position, the strip Was secured in that position by driving tacks or brads through the .ends of the' container into the ends of the divider wall.

. In addition the ily sheets were glued to one orboth side walls of the container so as to extend in directions across the open face of the container. It was `also necessary to apply a paper coating onthe side and end walls of the container, after the divider stick was secured in positionjto conceal the tacks. This required a large number of manualoperations which made the cos'tof the containers relatively high.

An object ofthis'invention is to provide an improved article display device, withwhich a divider 'Wall may be formed in a simple and inexpensive manner, and easily and quickly applied tothe container; with which one or more fly sheets in ay be conned to the container in a simple and inexpensive manner; which will present an attractive appearance; and with which the paper coating on the side and end walls of the container may be applied before the partition Wall is placed within the container.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved containers forlstoring and displaying articles, such'as neckties, in an attractive manner, which willbe simple, light in weight, practical, easily made, and attractive in appearance and less expensive than the existing containers. j' Otherpbjects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of oneembodiment ofthe invention, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out hereinafter in connection with the appended claims.

l `In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. "1 isa plan, on a reduced scale, of a container constructed Yin accordance With this invention;

Fig. 2` is a plan of a blank stamped from sheet' cardboard and scored, ready to be folded into a condition{for'insertioninto the container;

Fig Slis a cross-sectional elevation of the since the notches are not containenon a larger scale than Fig. "1, the section `being Staken approximately along 'the ',line 3-3 ofrig. 1;

VFiglwis :a plan at full scale, partly in section.' of a portion of the container Aand divider approximately encompassed within thefdot and :dash line circle Ain Fig. .1;an`v l Fig. 5 :is a similar plan, partly" in section, latfiull scale, of another `portion of the container approximately encompassed within the dot and dash line circle B in;Fig.1;

Fig. 6 is lan end `view of the boxl with itsremovable coverin 'closed position. 1 In the illustrated embodiment ofthe invention, thedisplay device includes a box or container l which is commonly `formed `of cardboard in the usual manner, and having yanopen 'face (Fig, 3) anda removable cover 3 (see Fig. 6). "This box which is made `in theusual manner, maylrave its sides and `ends `covered by a decorative ypaper as usual in many cardboard boxes, `the decorative paper not being shown in the drawings inasmuch as it .forms no part of the present invention., A flexible ily` sheet -4, `usually of paper, has fone marginalportion 5 (Fig. 3) disposed flatlagainst the inside .face'of the bottom wallf of the container, bordering an upstanding `side wall l of the container. `This sheet 4 extends from .the marginalportion 5 along the upstanding wall 1 to the openface-2, and then it may be free as shown by full ylines in the `drawing,or extend toward theopposite upstanding Wall 1, as shown by the dash lines in Fig. 3. Thefree portionof the sheet .4 may have a width enabling it :toiextend entirely to the opposite side of thecontainer.

as shown in the drawings, or a separate fly sheet may be secured at each side of the container, and each extend .only partially across the open face 2.

A blank 8 (Fig. 2) is stamped from sheet cardboard, and provided in each end with a notch 9. The notches 9 are spaced from both side edges ofthe sheet, are non-aligned endwise of the sheet, andhave parallel bottom walls, but -each notch is vdeeper at one end than the other, and withthe deeper ends of the notches diagonally opposite, as shown in Fig. 2. The cardboard blank 8 is scored along parallel lines l0 and il which connect the ends of the notches 9, and aligned, these lines I0 and' ltwill be oblique to the side and end edgesv of `.the sheet 8. The sheet 8 a line l2 parallel to and mid-way between Ithe lines I 0 'and Il. The sheet or blank 8 is also u provided with scored lines I3, i4, i5 and It is also scored along longitudinal side edges of the blank and extend in directions normal to said side edges. Each end wall of each notch is also provided with an integral tongue I'I, which extends toward the opposite end Wall of the notch, and each tongue is scored along its base by a line I8 which would be parallel to the longitudinalr side edges of the blank. v

The blank 8, scored in this manner, is bent or folded upon the scored lines I0, II and I2 to form a reentrant portion or divider wall I9, which is upstanding from the remainder of the sheet or blankLas shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The

, ends of the blank are bent along the scored lines I3, I 4, I and I6 to form upstanding flanges 20,

2|, 22 and 23, which abut againstV the end walls of thecontainer, as shown in Fig. 1, when the blank after folding is placed in the container.

` The tongues I1, at each end of blank 8, are bent on their scored lines I8 to extend side by side .toward the opposite end of the container, as shown `in Figs. 4 and'5, and these tongues I1 are disposed between the layers forming the upstanding posed with its marginal edge portion 5 abutting l fiat against the inside face of the bottom wall of thecontainer, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and "1 the folded sheet -8 is then disposed in the container over this marginalportion 5 of the iiy sheet to confine that sheet to the container, with the fly sheet extending along one side ywall of the container, and then is free to be either folded over the open face 'of the container as shown by dash lines in Fig. 3, or swung to one side, as shown by the full lines in the drawings, to expose the f contents of the container. No glueing or cementing of the fly sheet to the container is necessary v the insert may ofcourse be ymade of any desired` size, and the upstanding divider or partition wall I9 in height will not ordinarily extend outwardly beyond the'open face 2, but it may, if desired, terminate atits free edges somewhat below the open face.

It will be noted 9 are parallel to each other and cross-wise of the lines I0, I I and I2, but oblique to the scored lines I3, I4, I5 and It.V Theflanges 2G, 2l, 22 and 23 are all of the same height, but the flanges 20 and 22 are further apart' in a direction lengthwise of the blank shown in Fig. 2 than the other flanges 2l and 23. When the blank is folded along the lines I, I i and I2, the portion of the blank below the line I0 in Fig. 2 will move slightly to the left so that the flanges 20 and E3 will be aligned with the flanges 2l and 22 at the folding.

It willbe understood that various changes in the details and arrangements of parts, which have been herein described and illustrated in order to explain the nature of the invention, may

' be made by those skilled in the artwithin the,

lthat the bottoms' of the notches (ill principle and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim:

l. An article display device comprising a container having an open face, a spacer member disposed in said container and fitting flat against the inside bottom face ofthe container and extending tol 4the upstanding marginal walls of the container, said member havingits edge portions that-are crosswise of the length .ofthe divider wall flanged away from the bottom wall of the container, the flanged edge portions at each end of the divider wall being in the same plane and abutting flat against 'the adjacent upstanding end wall of the container. v f

2. An article display device comprising a container having an open face, aspacermember disposed in said container and fitting fiat against the inside bottom face of the container. and extending to the opstanding marginal walls of the container, said member being formed of sheet cardboard vhaving a reentrant folded portion in its interior area progressing obliduely to and between two opposite opstanding walls ofv the container and intermediate the other two upstanding walls to for-m a divider'wall for the container, the end edges at opposite sides of the divider wall being aligned. y

3. In an article display device employing a container having an open face, a spacermember therefor and to be disposed in said container and iitting liat against the inside bottom face of the container and extending to the upstanding mar# ginal walls of the container, said member being formed of sheet cardboard having a reentrant folded portion in. its interior area progressing' between two opposite opstanding walls of the container and oblique to and intermediate the other two opstanding walls to form a, divider kwall for the container that is non-parallel to thelsicle walisof the container, said member having its edge portionsv that are crosswise of the length of the divider wall flanged away fromk the bottom wall of the container and Valigned at .bothY sides of each end of the divider wall abutting' iiat against Vthe adjacentupstanding walls of the container, said flanges having tongues extending angularly therefrom in approximate alignment' with the ends of dividenwall and entering the reentrant portion to hold said divider wall upright.

4. A blank for forming a dividerv Wall comprising a sheet of cardboard having .a notch in each end thereof, said notches being out of alignment with each other in a direction endwise ofthe sheet and both spaced from the otherrside edges, the bottoms of said notches and being parallel and oblique to the side edges, and each notch being deeperA at one end than at the other, said cardboard being scored between the ends of the.

notches along parallel lines, also along a third line midway between and parallel to said scored parallel lines, and also from the endscf theV notches to the side edges of the sheet, the end walls of each notch having tongues extending tangular shaped, open faced container, comprising a sheet of cardboard having three spaced apart parallel, scored lines from end to end of the sheet, and all spaced well from both side edges of the sheet but oblique to said side edges, the sheet being notched at each end along the distance between said lines, with the bottom of each notch normal to said three parallel lines but oblique to said side edges, the end portion of said sheet, at each end of each notch, being scored from the adjacent end of the :adjacent notch in a direction normal to the adjacent side edge or the sheet, to facilitate folding of the end portions upwardly when the sheet is folded on said three parallel lines to form the divider wall, and the distance from the last mentioned scoring to the adjacent end of the sheet being equal for both end portions at both ends of the sheet.

6. A blank for forming a divider wall for arectangular shaped, open faced container, compris-` ing a sheet of cardboard having three spaced yapart parallel, scored lines from end to end of the sheet, and all spaced Well from both side edges of the sheet but oblique to said side edges, the sheet being notched at each end along the distance between said lines, with the bottom of each notch normal to said three parallel lines and oblique to said side edges, the end portion of said sheet, at each end of each notch, being scored from the adjacent end of the adjacent notch in -a direction normal to the adjacent side edge of the sheet, to facilitate folding of the end portions upwardly when the sheet is folded on said three parallellines to form the divider Wall, the distance from the last mentioned scoring to the adjacent end of the sheet being equal for all said end portions, said end portions having tongues projecting into said notches and bendable to extend into the ends of the divider wall,

'7. A blank for forming a divider wall for a rectangular shaped, open faced container, comprising a sheet of cardboard having three spaced apart parallel, scored lines from end to end of the sheet, and all spaced Well from both side edges of the sheet and oblique `to said side edges, the sheet being notched at each end along the distance between said lines, with the bottom of each notch normal to said three parallel lines and oblique to said side edges, the end portion of said sheet, at each end of each notch, being scored from the adjacent end of the adjacent notch in a direction normal to the adjacent side edge of the sheet, to facilitate folding ofthe end portions upwardly when the sheet is folded on said three parallel lines to form the divider Wall, said end portions all having approximately the same heights from the adjacent scoring that is normal to the side edges of the sheet.

JOSEPH P. DWYER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,345,711 Shapiro July 6, 1920 1,782,915 Weidner Nov. 25, 1930 1,929,148 i Molins et a1 Oct. 3, 1933 2,054,355 Anderson, Jr Sept. 15, 1936 

